Economic and Social Perspectives on European Migration

ISBN-13: 9780367493653 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 236 str.

Opis

This book addresses a wide range of migration-related issues in the European context and examines the socioeconomic consequences of migratory flows throughout Europe, focusing on a number of emblematic European countries.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. European Agenda on Migration between progress and challenges: situational overview 2. Migrants in Europe: from a production factor to social actors PART I Immigrants and the labour market: employment opportunities and challenges 3. Hostility in times of labour shortage: controversial attitudes towards labour immigration in Hungary 4. Is talent divide a proper form with which to characterize contemporary migration flows? Evidence from the Portuguese emigration within the European Union PART II Immigrants: an economic resource or a burden? 5. An economic resource or a social problem? European institutions and migrants from the 1950s to the 1970s: the case of Belgium 6. Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in Italy and England: the cases of Bologna and London 7. Immigration and sustainability of the pay-as-you-go social security system in Italy PART III Immigrant networks, well-being and education 8. Blood, buddies, banks: potential funding sources for starting a new business as perceived by Maghrebi, Filipino and Chinese immigrants in Italy 9. Mothering from afar: the subjective well-being of Eastern European migrants in Italy 10. Free or bounded? Migration, ethnicity, social background and educational choices in four European countries